Addiction Quote by Miguel Ruiz

“Addiction is only a hopeless attempt to deal with the pain of living cutoff from who we really are.”

— Dragos Bratasanu

“Addiction is nothing but voluntary madness.”

— Narcotics Anonymous

“strengthening habitual patterns of suffering. We begin to see this more and more clearly, and we begin to realize that we can do something…

— Pema Chödrön

“Addiction is not a moral defect, and to suggest that does a great disservice to people suffering with this disorder.”

— Lance Dodes

“Addiction is a repeated temporary...stilling. I am concerned with peace...not mere relief.”

— Edward Albee

“It is time to embrace mental health and substance use/abuse as illnesses. Addiction is a disease.”

— Steven Kassels

“We must do away with any shred of denial, minimization, justification, or rationalization. To recover, we must completely and totally understand and accept the…

— Noah Levine

“It is one thing to accept that one is powerless to stop the suffering in the world, but quite another to benefit from what…

— David Liss

“They're working hard and persisting through difficulties because of their internal desire to control their lives, learn about their world, and accomplish something that…

— Daniel H. Pink

“No matter what choices we make in life, suffering is always a part of what follows.”

— Christine Johnson

“Strong people alone know how to organize their suffering so as to bear only the most necessary pain.”

— Emil Dorian

“The fact is, whenever you resist the pain that’s there, your suffering increases.”

— Elisha Goldstein